The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1887-05-20
DAKOTA TERRITORIAL NEWS.

DAKOTA TERRITORIAL NEWS. |
Mr.. Racine, farmer, while plowing
near Grand Forks, was accidentally
killed by being struck by the point OF
his plow.
Fire destroyed two granaries and
cattle shed $50 feet long on Mrs.
Leeds farm, six miles southwest OF
lenox. Loss $4,000; insured in the
st. Paul Fire 4 Marine.
The supreme court convened on the
10th ut Iankton. One hundred at
torneys werein attendancefrom North
Dakota and Minnesota; among the
latter being Ex-Gov. Austin and Il. f.
Lane, OF St. Paul, and r. Il. Briggs.
OF Moorhend.
The American Life Insurance Associ-
alton OF Minneapolis has just unearth-
ed q very clever scheme by which the
company was defrauded out OF 81 900.
In the affair are implicated halfa doz-
en- persons, including physician, q
Justice OF the peace and other parties
quite well known in the town OF Elk
wood
ID. +. Keith, cashier OF the Bank OF
Elkton, is under arrest for robbery.
The bank has closed. The fixture We're
attached for taxes.
j. NJ. Quinn, OF the Bismarck Trib-
une, was elected secretary OF the rail
roed commission; salary, 81, 800.
Gov. Church, in responseto an invi-
tation from the iiremen's S association,
las signitied his intention of being
present at the tournament at Mitchell,
next month He will be accompanied
by Mrs. Church.
Alvia Martin, a three year-old child
OF Rev. Martin OF Deer Horn, Wilkins
county. died, having been poisoned
by eating arsenic which had been
placed about the house to kill mice.
Pierre voted S25, 900 in bonds to
aid the Duluth, Pierre & Black Hills
railroad. President Hill, OF the Man.
itoba, is behind the scheme. 1t is en-
pected the road will reach Peirre from
Aberdeen by December.
The twenty-year bonds OF the city
OF Sioux Falls to the amount OF $50,
600, given to the Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Fails Il Northwestern road, were SOLD
to Melvin Grugsby for is per oeni
premium, he being the highest bidder
Charles Griffin, sent up for burglary
Jesse Fitch, Tor stealinsa money pack
age from the company's sale in depos
il, and John Sullivan. for robbing /
ing room, broke jail at Mitchell ant
escaped.
A contract with New York capital
lists for putting in areservoir system O
water works ut Bismarck WAS close,
IN Chicago.
A five-year.old son OF Sheriff Sund
back was drowned at Sioux Falls.
The wife OF Postmaster George
Love OF Huron diedi in Cheyenne, whii
returning from California, where sh
had passed the winter.
The North Dakota pharmacy boar
met at Bismarck. 1t is composed {
II. l.. Hausseman, Grafton; L. {
Maxey, Fargo, and Frank Frisby
Bismarck. The board organized b.
The election OF Hausseman presiden
and Frank Frisby secretary nm
treasurer. The new law goes int
effect June =, before which time a
pharmacists must he examined, ree
stered and obtain certificates.
! At hedlield, NJ. G. Myer, clothie
Jailed recently, Liabilities, $1,000
The assets will nearly cover the liabi
itlcs.
A farmer named Wright, sixty year
r of age, hanged himself in e Larn O
his farm near Arvilla. When foun
ho was dead. No cause is assigned.
. Y. Wells, president, and w.
Gates, secretary OF the Fair essocis
, ton, have negotiated with the Chicag
. & Northwestern Railroad compar
for additional grounds on the we
i side of the driving park and ra
Q :ourse at Gary, SO as to emhra,
7 within the park nearly the enti
Q grove and long stretch of the l..
I Qui Parle creek.
Crops are more diversified in Nor
n Dakota than ever before. The rain
!. while they have hindered seedin
+ have greatly improved the conditit
Q rf soil.
i. Negotiations are now pending f
J. the establishment of u daily pap
l. at yankton. =
70 Ihe attorneys and judges severe
J, ceasure the territorial secretary i
delaying the publication OF the S,
v sion laws. In previous cases OF ii
, , kind it has been customary TO ha
q the session laws ready for delive
7 within GO days after the adjournme
n, ef the legislature.
d The entire outfit OF the Vermo
q City Journal was destroyed by II
70 Loss on outfit and building 50, 81
Is no insurance. w. P. Watson, the e.
ss tor, who was asleep in the Office, ba
Sc ly escaped with his life, losing evel
4. thing in the way at Qlathine, libra
II aad persenal eIieets. Watson ow
u the hiillard journal also. and will
i. move this outfit to Vermont City a
ut continue the publication OF his pal,
5y Spontaneous combustion was I
= probable origin OF the fire, :.
William w. Branch, an emplove
n, the Manitoba railway ht Fargo, CO
"s m'tted su!o'.,.te, shooting hims
ei .ough the heart and dying imme
ately. Branch had been ill for so
he time, and was rather moody and k
st spirited.
Seeding in Yankton, Hutchins
ct- Clay and Bonhomme counties is
y, ~ finished and farmers are temporal
,r. resting from their labors, with ev
oi reason to expect favorable seas
for growing crops.
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